made of a
rope larger than the bolt-rope into which it is spliced.

CLUE UP! The order to clue up the square sails.

CLUMP. A circular plantation of trees.

CLUMP-BLOCKS. Those that are made thicker or stronger than ordinary
blocks. (_See_ BLOCK, TACK-AND-SHEET.)

CLUSTER. _See_ GROUP.

CLUTCH. The oyster spawn adhering to stones, oyster shells, &c.

CLUTCH. Forked stanchions of iron or wood. The same as crutch, clutch,
or clamp block. (_See_ SNATCH-BLOCK.)

CLUTTERY. Weather inclining to stormy.

COACH, OR COUCH. A sort of chamber or apartment in a large ship of war,
just before the great cabin. The floor of it is formed by the aftmost
part of the quarter-deck, and the roof of it by the poop: it is
generally the habitation of the flag-captain.

COACH-HORSES. The crew of the state barge; usually fifteen selected men,
to support the captain in any daring exploits.

COACH-WHIP. The pendant.

COAD. In ship-building, the fayed piece called _bilge-keel_.

COAK. A small perforated triangular bit of brass inserted into the
middle of the shiver (now called _sheave_) of a block, to keep it from
splitting and galling by the pin, whereon it turns. Called also _bush_,
_cock_ or _cogg_, and _dowel_.

COAKING. Uniting pieces of spar by means of tabular projections formed
by cutting away the solid of one piece into a hollow, so as to make a
projection in the other fit in correctly, the butts preventing the
pieces from drawing asunder. Coaks, or dowels, are fitted into the beams
and knees of vessels, to prevent their slipping.

COAL-FISH. The _Gadus carbonarius_. Called _gerrack_ in its first year,
_cuth_ or _queth_ in its second, _sayth_ in its third, _lythe_ in its
fourth, and _colmie_ in its fifth, when it is full grown.

COALING. Taking in a supply of coals for a cruise or voyage.

COALS. To be hauled over the coals, is to be brought to strict account.

COAL-SACKS. An early name of some dark patches of sky in the Milky Way,
nearly void of stars visible to the naked eye. The largest patch is near
the Southern Cross, and called the Black Magellanic Cloud.

COAL-SAY. The coal-fish.

COAL-TAR. Tar extracted from bituminous coal.

COAL-TRIMMER. One employed in a steamer to stow and trim the fuel. This
duty and that of the stoker are generally combined.

COAMING-CARLINGS. Those timbers that inclose the mortar-beds of
bomb-vessels, and which are called carlings, because they are shifted
occasionally. Short beams